Startup · France

AICE

HQ Paris, France, FranceFounded 20261-10 employees

Autonomous underwater drones for naval and coastal protection.

Startup Naval vessels and shipbuilding Uncrewed systems

Pre-Seed · Apr 17, 2026

Capabilities

Funding1 round · $500K

Equity raised: $500K
Latest: $500KPre-Seed · Apr 17, 2026

Funding rounds
Announced	Stage	Amount	Valuation	Lead investors	Other investors	Confidence
Apr 17, 2026	Pre-Seed	$500K	—	Y Combinator	—	Reported

Pre-Seed
Led by Y Combinator
$500K
Apr 17, 2026

Raised counts equity rounds; debt, secondary sales and grants are totaled separately. Amounts in other currencies are converted at the announcement month's average rate. A ~ marks an estimated or converted amount.

Capabilities2

Capabilities
Technology	Role	Maturity	TRL	Notes	Confidence
Naval vessels and shipbuilding	Developer	—	—	classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Makes autonomous underwater drones for naval and coastal protection, a military and security mission.	Reported
Uncrewed systems	Developer	—	—	classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Makes autonomous underwater drones for naval and coastal protection, a military and security mission.	Reported

Naval vessels and shipbuilding
Developer
classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Makes autonomous underwater drones for naval and coastal protection, a military and security mission.
—Reported
Uncrewed systems
Developer
classify_sectors run 37, haiku, taxonomy 2026-10-18b: Makes autonomous underwater drones for naval and coastal protection, a military and security mission.
—Reported

Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.

Company Metrics

LinkedIn employee profiles: 6; Observed Oct 5, 2026
Bright Data / LinkedIn · Source ↗
LinkedIn followers: 1,760; Observed Oct 5, 2026
Bright Data / LinkedIn · Source ↗

Employee-profile counts reflect LinkedIn profiles associated with the company, not verified headcount. One observation establishes a baseline; it does not establish growth.

Sources6

Profile4

1
DatabaseAICE - PitchBook company profile
PitchBook · Supports Organization · employee range
“employee_range: 1-10 (profile: 4)”
2
CompanyAICE (YC P26) | LinkedIn
LinkedIn · Supports Organization · linkedin url
“https://aicepower.com/”
3
CompanyAICE: Submarine drones for defense | Y Combinator
Y Combinator · Supports Organization
“AICE”
4
CompanyDefense Startups funded by Y Combinator (YC) 2026 | Y Combinator
Y Combinator · Supports Organization
“AICE”

Funding1

5
NewsAice Power joined Y Combinator spring 2026 batch
Nordic9 · Apr 17, 2026 · Supports Funding round · amount, Organization · ownership
“Round value (USD): 500k”

Other1

6
DatabaseAICE — LinkedIn company profile
LinkedIn via Bright Data · Supports Organization · logo, Organization · url, Organization metric · employees in linkedin, Organization metric · followers
“{"logo": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D560BAQFRWZHwwmmVAQ/company-logo_200_200/B56Z5gvE4RHkAE-/0/1779739414233/aicepower_logo?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=EaFS9hJqWTlGFvXyMfSfbRO592deCtHgWQ3hRetf9cE"}”

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